Bird (surname)

Bird is an English surname, probably deriving from the vertebrates of the same name.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Bird (born 1983), Australian cricketer
• Alan Bird (1906–1962), Australian politician
• Alan C. Bird (born 1938), British ophthalmologist
• Albert Bird (1867–1927), British cricketer
• Alfred Bird (1811–1878), British food manufacturer and chemist
• Alfred Frederick Bird (1849–1922), British, chemist, food manufacturer, and politician
• Andrew Bird (born 1973), American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
• Antonia Bird (1951–2013), British director
• Bill Bird (1888–1963), American journalist
• Billie Bird (1908–2002), American actress and comedian
• Bob Bird, newspaper editor
• Bob Bird (politician) (born 1951), political activist and teacher
• Bobby Bird, musician
• Brad Bird (born 1957), American director and writer
• Brandon Bird (born 1980), American artist
• Bud Bird (born 1932), Canadian politician
• Carmel Bird (born 1940), Australian writer
• Charlie Bird (born 1949), Irish journalist
• Christopher Bird (1928–1996), American journalist
• David Bird (journalist) (died 2014), American journalist
• David Bird (bridge writer) (born 1946), British writer on Bridge
• Derrick Bird (1957–2010), English spree killer
• Dickie Bird (born 1933), English cricket umpire
• Don Bird (1908–1987), English football player
• Doreen Bird (1928–2004), British dance instructor and dance school founder
• Doug Bird (born 1950), American baseball pitcher
• Edward Bird (1772–1819), English painter
• Edward Wheeler Bird, founder of the British-Israelite Movement
• Eugene K. Bird (1926–2005), American military officer
• Florence Bird (1908–1998), Canadian journalist and politician
• Forrest Bird (1921–2015), American physician and inventor
• Frederic Mayer Bird (1838–1908), American educator and clergyman
• George Bird (baseball) (1850–1940), American baseball outfielder
• Gillian Bird, Australian diplomat
• Golding Bird (1814–1854), British doctor
• Greg Bird (born 1984), Australian rugby league player
• Greg Bird (baseball) (born 1992), American baseball infielder
• Henry Edward Bird (1830–1908), English chess player and writer
• Ian Bird (field hockey) (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ian Bird (software developer), game designer
• Isabella Bird (1831–1904), English writer and historian
• Jackie Bird (born 1962), Scottish broadcaster
• John Bird (actor) (born 1936), British actor and comedian
• John Bird (astronomer) (1709–1776), British astronomer and instrument designer
• John Bird (bishop) (died 1558), British Bishop of Chester
• John Bird (New York) (1768–1806), American politician
• John Bird (footballer) (born 1948), British football player and manager
• John Bird (entrepreneur), founder of Big Issue
• John Taylor Bird (1829–1911), American politician
• Kai Bird (born 1951), American author
• Larry Bird (born 1956), American basketball player
• Lester Bird (born 1938), American athlete and politician
• Lloyd C. Bird (1894–1978), American politician
• Martina Topley-Bird, British singer
• Michael J. Bird (1928–2001), British writer
• Morice Bird (1888–1933), British cricketer
• Nancy Bird Walton (1915–2009), Australian aviator
• Norman Bird (1920–2005), British actor
• Peter Bird, (died 1996), British ocean rower
• Richard Bird (actor) (1894–1986), British actor
• Richard Ely Bird (1878–1955), American politician
• Richard Bird (computer scientist) (born 1943), professor at Oxford
• Robert Bird (Welsh politician) (1839–1909), Welsh politician
• Sir Robert Bird, 2nd Baronet (1876–1960), British politician
• Robert Byron Bird, Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Robert Montgomery Bird (1806–1854), American playwright, novelist, photographer, and physician
• Ronnie Bird (footballer) (1941–2005), English football player
• Rose Bird (1936–1999), Chief Justice of California
• Sam Bird (born 1987), British racing driver
• Sharon Bird (born 1962), Australian politician
• Sue Bird (born 1980), American basketball player
• Tony Bird (singer-songwriter), South African singer and songwriter
• Tony Bird (footballer born 1974), Welsh football player
• Vere Bird (1910–1999), prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda
• Víctor Bird (born 1982), Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Walter James Bird (1863–1953), organ builder based in Birmingham, England
• Will R. Bird (1891–1984), Canadian writer
• Wallis Bird (born 1982), Irish musician

See also

• Byrd (surname), a similar surname

References